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What books are you currently reading?
1/23/2012 | William Eaton

Posted on 01/23/2012 8:52:51 PM PST by WilliamEaton

What books are people currently reading? Any particular fiction or non-fiction of note? Any recommendations from some recent reads?

I just downloaded the novel Hunter by Robert James Bidinotto for my kindle. It's an indie novel and has received good reviews on Amazon. Will report back once I finish up.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: book; bookclub; bookreview; books; fiction; freeperbookclub; henripirenne; nonfiction; pages; readinglist
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To: WilliamEaton
Just finishing Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson. Highly recommended -- explains why western European Christian civilization spread over the entire world in the last 200 years. An excellent rebuttal to the Marxist "imperialism" meme.
121 posted on 01/24/2012 2:18:42 AM PST by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: WilliamEaton

Just finished “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu. Next, Clauswitz.


122 posted on 01/24/2012 2:19:06 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: WilliamEaton

Read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy so I could understand the movie. I see why Anthony Lane basically said to go back to the books for the real le Carre. Yet the movie had some dramatic scenes that were not in the book and were very memorable and not the least out of place: Jim killing the bird (an owl in the book, and it happens “offstage”), the bee in the car full of important espionage types (hilarious), Jim punching Ricki Tarr (and knocking a tooth out? went by too fast), and most entertaining, the Christmas party, with spies at their most Britishly merry and a cameo of Le Carre (standing next to a Santa in a Lenin mask).

This has turned into a movie post, but the book is truly excellent. Carre can write. Is there another British spy writer even near his talent? (Don’t say Ian Fleming.)


123 posted on 01/24/2012 2:28:20 AM PST by firebrand
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To: WilliamEaton

Also just read Harry Stein’s I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next to a Republican. Not deep, but sadly familiar and funny at the same time.


124 posted on 01/24/2012 2:31:48 AM PST by firebrand
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To: WilliamEaton

“Omdurman” by Philip Ziegler


125 posted on 01/24/2012 2:54:07 AM PST by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: hocndoc

I love Connelly’s Harry Bosch detective series for light reading...on my 3rd one since Christmas...so far I’ve read Black Ice, Echo Park and The Closers...I also read and enjoyed Jeff Ashton’s, Imperfect Justice...


126 posted on 01/24/2012 2:57:19 AM PST by ~Vor~ (Freeper since 10/98)
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To: mamelukesabre

Keep reading. Excellent series.


127 posted on 01/24/2012 3:10:18 AM PST by bonfire
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To: WilliamEaton
Simple Church

What We Knew

128 posted on 01/24/2012 3:25:36 AM PST by RightField (one of the obstreperous citizens insisting on incorrect thinking - C. Krauthamer)
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To: WilliamEaton

Ameritopia — What else?


129 posted on 01/24/2012 3:27:36 AM PST by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: WilliamEaton

American Sniper


130 posted on 01/24/2012 3:49:28 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: WilliamEaton

The Vigilantes of Montana, Dimsdale, for I think the second time.


131 posted on 01/24/2012 4:08:38 AM PST by bkepley
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To: WilliamEaton

The Mote In God’s Eye.


132 posted on 01/24/2012 4:28:45 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: WilliamEaton
The Irish epic "the cattle raid of Cooley" aka "tain 'bo Cualgne". It's the story of what could be termed an Irish "hercules" that dates back to pre Christian times.

CC

133 posted on 01/24/2012 4:55:34 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from a lack of wisdom.)
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To: WilliamEaton
Bought a Kindle...it makes things very easy!

So...:
"Bleak House",
"Last of the Mohicans",
"Mein Kampf",
"Brothers, Rivals, Victors",
and "Falling Upward" (a waste of time, but I promised my Mom I'd give it a read).

134 posted on 01/24/2012 5:02:52 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (N/A)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
An extraordinary book!! And as palpably true today and it was when first penned in the early 90s!

Made me so mad when I read it, that my girlfried at the time would not let me read it just before going to bed!!!

135 posted on 01/24/2012 5:04:55 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (N/A)
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To: exit82
"My List of Conservative Accomplishments” by Mitt Romney.
It was blank.

I have that one...it's on my bookshelf right next to "The Wit and Wisdom of Spiro T. Agnew" {blank also}, and "Important and Weighty Thoughts on the State of the World" by Joey Biden {blank also}

136 posted on 01/24/2012 5:11:20 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (N/A)
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To: badpacifist
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks....

I read that about a year ago. It's fascinating. Recommended.
137 posted on 01/24/2012 5:35:52 AM PST by Nepeta
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To: Krankor

James Clavell is my favorite novelist. Shogun was the best novel I ever read. Tai Pan was the second best.

I have recently finished Killing Lincoln and the Last Lecture, both excellent books.


138 posted on 01/24/2012 5:48:37 AM PST by billhilly
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To: WilliamEaton

Re-reading William L. Shires’s “The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich.”


139 posted on 01/24/2012 5:48:45 AM PST by dearolddad
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To: Krankor

James Clavell is my favorite novelist. Shogun was the best novel I ever read. Tai Pan was the second best.

I have recently finished Killing Lincoln and the Last Lecture, both excellent books.


140 posted on 01/24/2012 5:48:51 AM PST by billhilly
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